i will persist until i succed part 2

                      I will persist until I                succeed

                 Part 2

How I’ve overcome an initial grade. When receiving bad grade. I just try to do better on the second exam and study harder. It’s hard when you have your first test in class   and have no idea what to expect. The second one is usually easier since you know what to expect from your teachers.

My strategies for written assignment: start early   and make sure that you have it proofread. Also with written assignment, having a timeline planned out can help like by setting a certain number of pages done by a certain day before the paper is due.

How I succeed in team projects: COMMUNICATION! Despite your group synergy, communication is crucial. I remember I ran out to call phone minutes constantly when working on a group project for my marketing research class. It’s really important everyone is on sane page and getting the same emails. The worst is when two people are working on the same potion of project and don’t even realizebit.  

                     

 

Student Success Strory Part 5

Student Success Story

                                        Part 5

Andrea Packer – Without the prestigious DCCC Presidential Scholarship she won in 2008, Andrea Packer, a 2010 DCCC honor graduate, says she doubts she would already be pursuing her baccalaureate degree from Catawba College. “I cannot say thank you enough to whomever paid for my education, and I am going to continue to do my best to make them happy that they invested in me,” she said.

Since August 2010, Packer, 20, has been working toward her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from Catawba College, and she doesn’t have to leave DCCC’s Davidson Campus to do so. She said she likes the convenience of leaving her teaching assistant’s job in one DCCC building and walking only steps to her evening Catawba College classes where she is taking history, statistics and education courses.

Student Success Stories (Part 1) (Katie Watkins)

Student Success Stories

                                        Part 1

Katie Watkins, a standout Storm Volleyball player for two years, now spends her free time studying to be a nurse at DCCC where she says she applies some of the concepts she learned on the court.

“Just like volleyball, nursing can be tough,” said Watkins, a 21-year-old who works in teams with her classmates in problem-based nursing exercises. “I learned that everyone has different strengths and brings something different to the table. I also learned that we have to respect each other.”

Watkins is a May 2012 candidate to receive her Associate Degree in Nursing. She hopes to pursue her B.S.N. at Winston-Salem State University and eventually get her master’s degree in nursing.

Setting educational goals and working hard to achieve them brings a great feeling of accomplishment. It builds self-esteem, and increases self-confidence. Education opens up many doors of opportunity that normally would not open up for people

How to Always Succed in School (Part 6)

How to Always Succeed in School Part 6

Do the math. Even if you’re struggling in math, stay with it. Knowing math gives you options. It opens doors to good jobs in computers, engineering and business. And it helps your mind get organized.

·       Take math problems one step at a time.

·       Do your math homework every day. Falling behind will make it that much harder.

·       Ask for help and study with friends if you are having problems understanding a concept.

·       The first point to understand is the philosophy and science of decision – how to make decisions on time. The most successful person is that person who knows how to decide on time. There are many extraordinarily brilliant people who understand things very quickly, but when the time comes to make a decision, when an opportunity comes, they withdraw and are not able to act. They do not know how to decide.

HOW TO ALWAYS SUCCEED IN SCHOOL (PART 5)

How to Always Succeed in School Part 5

Write. Writing is a way to express yourself, your ideas, opinions and knowledge. And you may do a lot of it in college and on the job.

·       Write a little every day. Try keeping a daily journal to make a habit of writing.

·       Read outside class to increase your vocabulary and understanding of grammar.

·       Break up long writing sessions into shorter periods with regular breaks.

·       Let your writing sit for a while and then come back to it.

·       Read your writing out loud or have someone read it to you.

·       Edit someone else’s writing and let that person edit yours.

·       Learn to write and write to learn

·       Write creatively. Writing on your personal web blog is a great way to put your words into writing and to journalize your writing day after day.

·       Write your life history

·       Write your life’s goal in a journal, review these goals often, revise your goals as needed. But, write them down.

·       “Writing makes an exact man; therefore, he that writes little hath need of a great memory” (noun)

·       Write to remember.

How to Always Succedd in School (Part 4)

                How to Always Succeed in School

                                        Part 4

Read. You can read whatever you want: Sports Illustrated, Jet, The New York Times, comic books, the Holy Bible, your Cheerios box, online blogs or web articles… Whatever! Reading increases your brainpower.

·       Look up words you don’t understand in the dictionary.

·       Read assignment questions first to help you identify key points.

·       Take breaks from reading to write down what you learn.

·       Read outside of class to improve your reading skills.

·       Read out loud with your friends, classmates or parents.

·       Read with a purpose.

·       Take reading courses to improve your reading rate and comprehension.

·       Take a speed-reading course if you desire

·       Take notes while reading.

·       When possible, read from your own books and materials; this way, you can mark, highlight, cross reference, write notes in margins, etc. If you can’t do this.

·       Read religious literature.

·       Read from the internet.

Read daily. Set a goal to read a book at least each month. Then a book a week.

How To Succeed In School (Part 1)

How to Succeed in School

                                        Part 1

ü Get Organized

ü Use Good Study Habits

ü Learn How to Take Tests

ü Believe in Yourself

Some experts say the same difference between good students and poor students isn’t mainly ability. Instead, it’s how students organize themselves to use their abilities. A little organization can produce amazing results!

Get Organized:

ü Have a homework agenda or scribbler to keep track of your assignments, and always carry it.

ü Ask teacher for some outside help when the classroom explanations is not adequate for you.

ü Use scribblers to put your notes in, and keep them organized

ü Have phone numbers for classmates especially of one who will be your “homework buddy”. This is someone in your class who collects hand-outs and assignments for you when you are absent from school. You can borrow your buddy’s notes when you return to school, and you can do the same for this friend.

ü Ask questions when you are unsure of something.

ü Pay Attention in class as it is very easy to let your mind wander. Take notes, concentrate on what is being said; it will be easier to absorb the information being presented.

ü Keep your bookshelf, desk, and kitbag neat.

ü Be prepared for each class, bringing the materials you need to class (including pencil and paper).http://www.getreadyforcollege.org/gPg.cfm?pageID=1173

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students (Part 13)

        Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

                                        Part 13

If you feel you do not naturally have all those characteristics, then do not despair. Each of them can be accomplished by your own application. You can use meditation and visualization techniques to initiate your vision, and they can certainly be learned both for that purpose and for each step you take to reach your goals. Simply visualize your desired goals, that of being star student, a champion of doing what is right, and see yourself working hard to become outstanding, and you’re your dreams and vision will materialize as you pursue these objectives. Setting goals and objectives can be a personal or business technique that can be learnt. You can develop inner strength to succeed if you apply yourself to doing just that; that will enable you to recover form setbacks more easily.

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students Part 10

       Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students Part 10

·      They prefer tasks with some degree of difficulty and novelty, which stimulate their learning skills.

·      They don’t apply the simple criteria of success-fail to their learning. Remember, they are focused into the learning process.

·      They know how to handle groups.

·      Finally, they work with passion.

 

Other chief habit is that of asking questions. We have to establish hypothesis and set concrete, realistic goals. After reading any text we have to ask several different questions related to its content, in order to verify if we have completely understood the text. It’s also important to try to relate such text and other areas of our knowledge. Again, linking ideas and concepts is a habit of highly successful students. So, link.

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students (Part 5)

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

                                  Part 5

2-Success is about achieving goals, and therefore is a relative notion. Highly successful students are those which set realistic goals, and attain them with the proper investment of resources. Thus, not necessarily the student with the best grades is the most successful learner. Now, we have stated what the successful student is like. Good.

 

2-          If you have negative entries in your list of driving forces, it’s time to improve things quite a bit. First, identify other topics that you indeed like a lot, not necessarily related to studying. Perhaps you like pets, to cook or to play videogames. Now, try to establish associations or links between these favorite activities of yours and the subject of study that you dislike. For example, let’s assume that you dislike Literature (you perhaps think it’s an utterly boredom) but love your humongous pit-bull “Casino Joe” Then you could start thinking how your dog would fit a character into a novel you have to analyze: what its role would be and how he would interact with other characters in the novel.

Choose The Right!!!

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students (Part 4)

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

              Part 4

The body is related to the breath, and the breath is related to the mind. The body, breaths, senses, and mind all function together as a unit. So life virtually means relationship, and thus the art of living and being requires an understanding of one’s relationship to the external world and the relationships within oneself.

 

All human beings have inner potentials, but many people are not aware of those potentials and do not know how to use them to have a successful life. Those who are not happy internally can never be happy externally; those who are not happy within themselves can never make others happy. Those who do not love themselves can never love others

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Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students (Part 2)

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

                                  Part 2

If are we to succeed in life, we must hone our learning skills.

1- The first step in this direction is to sincerely point out the driving force or motivation. Let’s relax, and start listing the reasons that impel you to study some topic, as crude as they may be. It’s possible that your list is empty. Don’t worry, it only means that you have not identified any reason to study the chosen and very specific point (It’s for sure that you are an excellent learner in other areas of life.) If you don’t have any motivation to study, then give me the list of reasons why you don’t want to study, and please note that this list cannot be empty. Weather you found a huge list of driving forces or a list of step comprises at least one item (a positive or negative driving force)

Acquiring The Habits Of Highly Successful Students (Part 1)

Acquiring the Habits of Highly Successful Students

                                  Part 1

                           By Herrera

We humans are innate learners, as learning is the cornerstone for survival. We must remember, abstract and apply knowledge in diverse (and often harsh) environments in order to develop into and behave as truly intelligent begins. In short, the adaptability and resilience exhibits stems from learning. Now, a key issue to learn because of fear (we want to learn how to protect ourselves from danger.) We can learn just out of curiosity (our natural inquisitive behavior.) We can learn simply  because we love to learn new things everyday. There are of reasons to learn and yours may easily be a mixture of these. Health and money are important things in life, but learning is the base for using them wisely.

Student Succes Statement (Socrates)

Student Success Statement

          “Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of.”

                                      Socrates

Reflection: I Believe that he is trying to say that if we success in life then our name will shine on forever.

How Successful Student Prepare for Tests (Part 2)

How Successful Student Prepare for Tests

                                  Part 2

8. Make summary sheets, flash cards, and practice tests.

9. Always carry some kind of pocket work and make use of wasted spare minutes by reciting and thinking about what you are learning.

10. Learn something new or difficult in you strongest intelligence, sense or in your dominant hemisphere. Reinforce it with as many different ways as possible

11. Find a study partner or two in each class and routinely take turns teaching each other the material

12. Prepare for each class as if there will be a pop quiz. The single most important way to prepare for a test is to study many days in advance. Study each day to prepare for a test that is coming in a few days or weeks. When you are prepared, you will do great on the test and you will be confident.

       Choose The Right!!!